> Here is a patch that calls `config.status' before `make distclean'
> in tmp/src/libs/gnulib to force the creation of .deps directories,
> which fixes the problem. [...]
Thanks, please commit.
> However I dont' understand the purpose of calling
> $(top_builddir)/$$d/Makefile, we were trying to clean gnulib in the
> `tmp' directory that will be eventually the tarball directory,
> calling `make distclean' in $(top_builddir)/src/libs/gnulib will
> possibly clean gnulib in the source tree, not in the `tmp'
> directory.
Admittedly, I don't fully understand it either. I won't invest time
to investigate the issue – after the release, we are going to use your
branch, which should be much easier to understand and maintain.
Werner
